Congratulations to the following students who have recently successfully defended their theses:
- Congratulations to Helen Murray, who’s PhD thesis, ‘Plasticity in the Human Alzheimer’s Disease Brain’ was recently acknowledged on the Dean of Graduate Studies List for Excellence. Samantha was supervised by Associate Professor Maurice Curtis and co-supervised by Distinguished Professor Sir Richard Faull and Dr Victor Dieriks.
- Congratulations to Samantha Murray, who’s PhD thesis, ‘Characterisation of the anatomy and neurochemistry of the basal ganglia in a transgenic sheep model of Huntington’s disease’ was recently acknowledged on the Dean of Graduate Studies List for Excellence. Samantha was supervised by Distinguished Professor Sir Richard Faull and co-supervised by Associate Professor Henry Waldvogel
Dr Deborah Williamson
- Dr Deborah Williamson for winning one of the five Vice-Chancellor’s Prizes for Best Doctoral Thesis, ‘Staphylococcus aureus infections in New Zealand: A clinical and molecular epidemiological study’. Deborah was supervised by Dr Stephen Richie and co-supervised by Professor John Fraser, Associate Professor Mark Thomas and Dr Michael Baker. The criteria for nomination included the demonstrable significance of each thesis in its field, the originality and the excellence of the research, exceptional academic and intellectual achievement as well as timely completion.
- Dr Justin Rustenhoven, who’s PhD thesis, ‘Human brain pericytes as mediators of neuroinflammation: Implications for disease and therapeutics’ was recently
Dr Justin Rustinhoven
acknowledged on the Dean of Graduate Studies List for Excellence. Justin was supervised by Professor Mike Dragunow, Associate Professor Maurice Curtis and Dr Thomas Park.
- Guido Wassink – ‘Mechanisms and Treatment of perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy’. Supervised by Professor Alistair Gunn and co-supervised by Professor Laura Bennet.
- Lennex Yu – ‘Could blocking receptors for Advanced Glycation End Products cure osteoarthritis?’ Supervised by Dr Sue McGlashan and co-supervised by Associate Professor Merv Merrilees.